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All kinds Origin Legend Local story Folk tale From the epics Festival story Temple legend In stone and bronze How a tradition frames it

Everywhere Pan-India 95 South India 67 West India 30 East India 22 North India 15 The Himalaya 12 Northeast India 5 Southeast Asia 4 Central India 4

Festival story · 3 tellings · contested

Carrying Ganga water to Shiva in Shravan

In the monsoon month of Shravan devotees fetch Ganga water from Haridwar, Gaumukh, Gangotri or Sultanganj.

Shiva, Ganga, Kanwar Yatra, Shravan Mondays

East India North India

Festival story · 2 tellings

Shiva the begging farmer of the Gajan

At Bengal's Chaitra Gajan devotees become Shiva and his ganas, act out his marriage and beg from house to house; the god is a poor householder scolded by his wife.

Shiva, Parvati, Shiber Gajan

East India Pan-India

Festival story · 1 telling · contested

The chariot festival of Puri

Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra ride three chariots to the Gundicha temple, stay seven days and return in the Bahuda Yatra.

Jagannath, Balabhadra (of Puri), Subhadra (of Puri)

East India